Donald Trump got 5 military deferments during the Vietnam war. He demeaned John McCain for being a POW, attacked a Gold Star family, insulted a military widow, he tried to defund the VA, stole & then shared with regular civilians, top secret military documents, he told his Chief of Staff that he didn’t want wounded veterans at a military parade because “no one wanted to see them”, before telling that same man, John Kelly (the father of a fallen soldier) that he “didn’t get it”, that he didn’t understand “what was in for them”, he called the 1,800 Marines killed during the bloody Battle of Belleau Wood “suckers” for dying in action, didn’t want to visit the graves of American soldiers buried outside Paris because they were ‘losers’, he has repeatedly belittled, insulted, name called and attacked just about every single member of the military who served during his time in office, or any other military leader who so much as even dared to criticize him, and as recently as this year, he called for the execution of our Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for “treason.”
But sure, he’ll never forget the sacrifices our Vets have made, because he “appreciates” them.
BULLFUCKINGSHIT.
This is Tim Wise with 6 1/2 minutes of one of the greatest history lessons I ever learned.
Back in 2014 when Eric Garner was murdered I went out on the streets with some friends to show support. Then the next year Sandra Bland made headlines and I started paying attention. Tim's speeches really opened up my eyes to the history of this country, and how we are still operating to this day.